Bicycle tool-bag



(No Model.)

N. E. BAVDGLEY. BICYCLE TOOL BAG.

No. 589,402. Patented Sept. 7, 1897.

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NORMAN E. BADGLEY, OF LOC KPORT, NEV YORK.

BICYCLE TOOL-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,402, datedSeptember 7, 1897.

Application filed March 2 9, 1 8 9 7.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, NORMAN E. BADGLEY, of Lockport, in the county ofNiagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bicycle Tool-Bags; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tool-bags for bicycles, theobject being to provide a simplejconstruction of tool-bag adapted tohold the tools ordinarily employed and which may be rolled up in compactshape to occupy a minimum amount of space.

To the accomplishment of this end my invention consists in a tool-bagcomprising a case of leather or other suitable material provided with asuspending portion at the upper end thereof adapted to rest on the upperrun of the bicycle-frame, and having a narrow or tapered lower endprovided with a tubular receptacle adapted to receive a pump, and aseries of spring-clips to receive other tools, the said case beingadapted to be rolled up from the contracted lower end and secured bystraps to the bicycle-frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view showing a portionof the upper run of the bicycle-frame and the tool-bag rolled up or infolded position and secured thereto. Fig. 2 is also a front or insideView showing the tool-'bag unrolled or extended, and Fig. 3 is a backview showing the exterior side of the bag.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

In accordance with my invention the toolbag 1 is constructed of a web orbody portion 2, of leather or other suitable material, provided at theupper end thereof with a semicircular rolled or suspended portion 3,provided with end flaps or pieces at and adapted to rest or hangsuspended from the lower run 5 of the bicycle-frame adjoining theheadtube thereof. From a point below the suspending roll the bodyportion of the tool-bag has one side cut away, as at 6, the side edgethereof inclining, as at 7, to the bottom of the bag. This bottomportion is formed with a cylindrical roll or case 8, extending from theopposite side edge of the bag and terminating short of the inclined edge7 This cylin- Serial No. 629,671. (No model.)

drical roll or casing is adapted to receive an air-pump, and the bodyportion of the toolbag is provided with a series ofhorizontallyarrariged clips 10 to receive a wrench, spanner, oil-can,and the other tools or accessories commonly employed. These clips havetheir open ends extending upward or toward the upper semicyliudricalroll or suspending portion of the bag. By this construction it will beseen that when the bag is rolled up from the lower end the cylindricalpump-case at the bottom, which is of less width than the body portion ofthe case, will be completely inclosed thereby, and thus the pump will beconcealed from View. When the tool-bag is thus rolled up, the upperportion of the roll will be inclosed within the semicircular suspendingportion 3, the end flaps 4 of which will prevent the tools from workingout at the ends. This semicircular portion is provided on its inner sidewith buckle-loops 11, to which one end of straps 12 are secured, thesaid straps being adapted when the bag is rolled up to be insertedthrough the loops 13 on the rear side thereof, passed over the upper runof the bicycle-frame, and then engaged with the tongue 14 of saidbuckles. By this construction a simple, cheap, and effective bicycletool-ba g is provided which occupies but little space and may be readilyand conveniently rolled and unrolled for inclosing or'removing thetools.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new,and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-- In a tool-bag,the combination of abody portion formed at the upper end with a semicircular receivingportion and havingone of its side edges inclining inwardly from the saidreceiving portion to the lower end of the body, a cylindricalpump-inclosing case at the bottom of the body and of less length thanthe said body portion, a series of spring-clips attached to the body andadapted to receive tools, the said body portion being adapted to berolled up from the lower end thereof and inclosed within the saidreceiving portion,

